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Tog ort!

Move it!

We saw idiomatic expressions to say we are a’ falbh no a’ dol a dh’àiteigin in A2 Cuspair 13

But there are many different ways to say this in Gaelic.

We’ll have a look at some of them here.

Gabhaidh mise sgrìob don Eadailt as t-samhradh. Am bi thu fhèin a’ dèanamh air àiteigin grianach?

I’ll take a trip to Italy in the summer. Will you be going anywhere sunny?

Bithidh mi a’ dèanamh às aig Àm na Càisge, ach cha bhi mi a’ dèanamh air àiteigin grianach idir; bidh mi a’ dol a dh’Inbhir Nis!

I’ll be heading off at Easter Time, but I won’t be going anywhere sunny at all; I’ll be going to Inverness!

You can also use gabh in another expression with the preposition air, which means that you went somewhere.

An do ghabh sibh an tràigh oirbh madainn an‑diugh?
Did you go to the beach this morning?
✅ Ghabh. Ghabh sinn an tràigh oirnn sa mhadainn fhad ‘s a bha muir‑tràigh ann.
✅ We did (go). We went to the beach in the morning while there was a low tide.
⛔ Cha do ghabh. Cha do ghabh sinn a‑mach idir madainn an‑diugh.
⛔ We didn’t (go). We didn’t go out at all this morning.

There is another expression like this which uses the regular verb tog (lift, build) and the preposition air:

An do thogmiorm?→ ✅ Thogmiorm
Nach do thogthuortdhan tràigh?→ ⛔ Cha do thogthuort
 eaira Ghlaschu? eair
 ioirregu Inbhir nis? ioirre
 sinnoirnn   sinnoirnn
 sibhoirbh   sibhoirbh
 iadorra   iadorra